Saafir in 2008
2008, so far, is 100% worth living.
In 2005, Saafir
did 35 things,
went 0 places,
met 1 person, and
consumed 18 products.
January
Added to 43 Things:
- learn "All of You" as written — completed 9 days later
- answer firerainchild's questions about beauty and love — completed 25 days later
- Week 6: meditate every day for an hour — completed 10 days later
- Week 7: meditate for an hour daily — completed about 1 month later
- transcribe the Miles Davis 1955 'Round About Midnight version of "All of You"
- become a musician
Completed on 43 Things:
- register at authentichappiness.com — Worth doing!
- take the General Happiness Scale — Worth doing!
Read:
- From a Buick 8 — Worth consuming!
- Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain — Worth consuming!
- The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible — Worth consuming!
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February
Added to 43 Things:
- File My FAFSA — completed 8 days later
- Talk to an advisor — completed 10 days later
- become a great teacher
Completed on 43 Things:
- learn "All of You" as written — Worth doing!
- answer firerainchild's questions about beauty and love — Worth doing!
- learn more physics — Worth doing!
- Week 6: meditate every day for an hour — Worth doing!
- tune my guitar — Worth doing!
- have an orgasm — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Read:
- Stardust: Supernovae and Life --- The Cosmic Connection — Worth consuming!
- The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want — Worth consuming!
- Oliver Twist (Nonesuch) — Worth consuming!
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March
Added to 43 Things:
- put new strings on my guitar — completed 6 days later
- read "She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman." Take notes — completed 16 days later
- learn the melody of "Angel Eyes" — completed 28 days later
- exercise thirty minutes a day for two weeks — completed about 1 month later
- practice like Coltrane
- re-submit my application to UTA — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- File My FAFSA — Worth doing!
- Week 7: meditate for an hour daily — Worth doing!
- complete the Kabat-Zinn eight week mindfulness training program — Worth doing!
- Talk to an advisor — Worth doing!
- learn more about Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and Duke Ellington — Worth doing!
- pick a major — Worth doing!
- Find work that inspires me and plays to my strengths — Worth doing!
- make jewelry — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Read:
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April
Added to 43 Things:
- learn enough Spanish to cuss Miti out without him knowing about it
- take the Spring Goal Challenge — completed about 1 month later
- learn three of Ray Charles' songs
- finish the "Set Your Voice Free" voice training program
- become a polymath
- learn to do a handstand
- talk to my friends every day
- Learn to play the guitar
- Earn a black belt in Tae Kwon Do
Completed on 43 Things:
- put new strings on my guitar
- read "She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman." Take notes — Worth doing!
- do what feels like 70% of the house work: this will mean that I'm doing my fair share, since we men tend to exaggerate our contribution to chores — Worth doing!
- buy a couple of good books on yoga and tae kwon do — Worth doing!
- reconsider my goals: are they necessary? are they things I'm passionate about? — Worth doing!
- mend my clothes — Worth doing!
- learn the melody of "Angel Eyes" — Worth doing!
- hem my hot pants — Worth doing!
- exercise thirty minutes a day for two weeks — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Read:
- She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman — Worth consuming!
- Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World — Worth consuming!
- StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths — Worth consuming!
- Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm
- Coltrane: The Story of a Sound — Worth consuming!
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May
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- fix my bike — Worth doing!
- train 75 minutes a day, five days per week, for a month
- take the Spring Goal Challenge — Worth doing!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
Read:
- Yoga — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
- Electric Circus — Worth consuming!
- Paid in Full — Worth consuming!
- Criminal Minded — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- She's Gotta Have It — Worth consuming!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- learn an entire vinyasa flow, including the proper terms for the positions, from the Yoga Shakti DVD — Worth doing!
- watch all of Spike Lee's films — Worth doing!
- memorize all of the vocal parts on the Sarah Vaughan "Swingin' Easy" album — Worth doing!
- Week 3: Do a moving and breathing meditation for forty-five minutes on days 1, 3, and 5 — Worth doing!
- whittle down my list of MySpace friends to people I know in real life — Worth doing!
- re-submit my application to UTA — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
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July
Completed on 43 Things:
